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China beats S Korea to become world's No 2 LNG importer in 2017

This is a huge boost to Asia's emerging spot market as China buyers rely on short-term purchases

Published Tue, Dec 26, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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Singapore

CHINA will become the world's second biggest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) this year as it overtakes South Korea, shipping data from Thomson Reuters Eikon showed.

This is a huge boost to Asia's emerging spot market as Chinese buyers rely much more on short-term purchases to meet their needs than their counterparts in Japan and South Korea.

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